First of all, I am sorry for not writing for so long, I guess I blame the feeling of routine. But, that does not mean that I have been bored to death with going to Uni and partying.
So, here are the happenings of the last month!
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BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS
That's right it was my birthday :) I was sad that I wasn't going to be with my family, but everybody here surprised me big time and contributed to a super awesome day! Lekker gezellig! It was my first birthday in winter and the first one that I had classes. I skipped one tutorial (you know to complete the experience, I hear its what people do on their birthdays) and went to one class for which I was way too excited for. Our college had a so called Tower Parade, where each Tower had a different theme and performed to it. There were themes such as Avatar, Cabaret, When I was 11, Retirement Home, and my tower was Around the World.
But, that is not all, because on the 30th of August Melbourne celebrated its 175th birthday! It has been 175 years since the city's founding - 175 years since the day the first European settlers landed on the north bank of the Yarra River from the schooner Enterprize in 1835. Due to this special occasion, some special events have been taking place, such as the FASHION WEEK.
FASHION WEEK
So, a lot of people have judged me for this, but I am not ashamed of my guilty pleasure. Ever since Project Runway and America's Next Top Model I have wanted to go to Fashion Week. And trust you me, I have tried to go on multiple occasions, but whether in Shanghai or Berlin you need an official invitation and fashion week is not open for the normal fan like me. BUT, here in Melbourne it only got started and thus is not such a big deal yet and for the amazing price of 20$ I was able to go and watch some models strut their stuff! Got a gift bag too and of course collected the left over gift bags to get in the money again. Oh Holland you have taught me well!
AUSSI RULES FOOTBALL
Or in short: Footy. Went to some kind of final game with St. KFC (aka Saints) vs. Geelong (aka Cats). It has been great fun, I learned the rules (thanks Tomas!), which are pretty simple. But, what I enjoyed the most were the happenings around the game: For every point the Supporter had huge pom-poms they would shake, there was some strange bird mascot, the referees do a weird sprint, there are these messenger dudes who keep running back and forth and tell players messages from their coach. I didn't root for a team, I felt like this was the better way to go, because I could cheer nonstop :) But, perhaps I did slightly like the Saints a bit more, because you won't guess their team song: "Oh when the Saints go marching in, oh when the Saints go marching in..." Took me a few days to get that out of my head again.
I could bore you with what is going on at Uni, but really not much. I have to do a presentation about Conflict Resolution and Management about Jersey Shore. Don't you just love being a Liberal Artsie?
And besides that I am finally planning my trips, in two weeks I will be heading north to Cairns, so stay tuned, because it is about to get hot!
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